An in-depth look at file sharing

A four-part (badly linked) package on file sharing in the Sunday NY Times:

• File-Sharing Battle Leaves Musicians Caught in Middle

• Beyond File-Sharing, a Nation of Copiers

• The Sharing Society: Whatever Will Be Will Be Free on the Internet.

• The Music Industry Reveals Its Carrots and Sticks

Cost of the war in real time

Costofwar.com is giving a real-time tally of the cost of the war in Iraq, and compares it to the difference we could have made by spending it on public education and kids' health.

Apple sues Apple

More legal madness: Remember the Beatles' old Apple label? They're suing Apple Computer because the computer company has the audacity to get into the digital music field.

A device to jam camera phones

CNET News.com: A product now in testing could automatically switch off camera phones to protect industrial secrets and private areas.

A videophone Dick Tracy would love

AP story: A new attachment for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance will allow the handheld to operate as a videophone, displaying live video of gamers on both ends of a telephone line. For now, the add-on will only be available in Japan.

Germany toughens copyright laws

DW-World: Computer addicts nonchalantly offering and downloading music and films on the Internet in Germany now face legal crackdown as the countryís new copyright law comes into effect this weekend.

Is Snopes pro-Bush?

Is Snopes anti-Moore and pro-Bush? LA Observed is keeping score.